Word: southeasterners
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...Southeastern United States finds itself in the midst of another hurricane season, a new study suggests that residents of hurricane-prone counties are relaxing their guard...
...Located on the southeastern side of the Black Sea, right at the foot of the snow-peaked Caucasus mountains, the area has long been a popular vacation spot and recreation center, but many of the games' venues will have to be built from scratch. As part of the bid, Russia pledged $12 billion in development money...
...Iraq, despite likely U.S. opposition. After a bomb killed six people in the capital of Ankara on May 22, many Turkish officials are calling for retaliation against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which they blame for the attack. The PKK, which has been fighting for Kurdish self-rule in southeastern Turkey since 1984 and is based in the mountains of north Iraq, has denied responsibility for the bomb...
...Keen to avoid conflict in Iraq's only consistently stable region, the U.S. has tried to contain Turkish frustration over a steady trickle of casualties in southeastern Turkey-in the latest violence, six soldiers were killed in an ambush on Thursday-by backing a diplomatic force involving Ankara, Washington and Baghdad. That initiative has not, however, produced tangible results, and Turkey has accused the Iraqi Kurdish administration of giving refuge to thousands of PKK guerrillas. "Going into north Iraq would bring Turkey into a head-on disagreement with the U.S.," says Mehmet Altan, a newspaper columnist and political analyst. "That...
MAHMOOD SHIVJI, professor of marine biology at Nova Southeastern University, referring to a hammerhead shark mysteriously born in a females-only tank at the Henry Doorly Zoo, in Omaha, Neb. The incident prompted a team of scientists, including Shivji, to do research and find that some sharks can reproduce asexually...